Biografie von Maude IRVINE KERNS (1876-1965)

Birth place: Portland, OR

Death place: Eugene, OR?

Addresses: Seattle, WA; Eugene, OR

Profession: Painter, teacher, designer, blockprinter

Studied: Univ. Oregon (A.B., 1899); Calif. Sch. FA; Columbia Univ. with Arthur Dow (M.F.A. & B.S. Educ., 1904-06); AIC; Acad. Modèrne, Paris; R. Johonnot; W.M. Chase; E.A. Taylor; summers with Hans Hofmann, Rolf Scarlett & Archipenko.

Exhibited: Alaska-Yukon Expo, Seattle, WA, 1909 (med); Studio Gld., NYC, 1939; NGA; Mus. Non-Objective Painting (later Guggenheim Mus.), 1941-52; Denver Art Mus.; Oregon Gld. &S; Calif. WCS, 1933, 1935; SAM, 1934-46 (solo), 1947; Univ. Oregon; NAWA, 1955 (solo); Pen & Brush Club, 1954 (prize, solo); Wash., DC, 1954; U.S. traveling exh., Amsterdam, Holland, 1955-56; "Salon Réalités Nouvelle," Paris, France, 1948-49; Albany, NY, 1954

Member: AAPL; Oregon Soc. Artists; Calif. WCC; Kansas City PM; Pen & Brush Club; NAWA.

Work: Murray Oriental Mus., Eugene, OR; SAM; Portland Art Mus.; Solomon Guggenheim Mus.; Mus. Non-Obective Painting, NYC.

Comments: Teaching: Seattle high schools, 1906-21; Univ. Washington, Seattle; Univ. Oregon, Eugene, 1921-47.

Sources: WW59; WW47; American Abstract Art, 190; Trenton, ed. Independent Spirits, 129.